Harvester-reel.



S. CHRISTENSEN. HARVESTER REEL. APPLICATION FILED APR.30, r913.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

Snow 11601 fi Cizrzlsiezzsen.

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HARVESTER-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom itmag/ condemn j j p Be it known that I, STANLEY CHRI TEN- SEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Powers Lake, in the county of Burke, State of North Dakota, have invented c'er- 'tain new and useful Improvements in Harvester-Reels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de-. scrlption of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to harvester reels;

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a harvester reel which will efii ciently move the grain from the sickle of a harvesting machine to the elevator even though the machlne 1s operating in very short grain.

A further object ofthe invention resides in the provision of a harvester reel in which the rails connecting the spokes of the reel may be adjusted relatively to the longitudinal axis of the reel. 1

With the above and other object in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters. of referenee denote correspondlng parts 1n the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a fragment of a harvester reel constructed in accordance with the invention and showing same 1n operatlve relation to the sickle of a harvesting machine; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a fragment of a harvester reel showing the rails adjusted inwardly from what is disclosed in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of a fragment of a harvester reel constructed in accordance with theinvention, and Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. '3 showing the rail of the reel in an adjusted position; j i 3 i j I 'a harvester reelihaving corresponding Referring to the drawings A indicates a harvester reel which includes a plurality of radial spokes 10 disposed at each end of the reel. Secured to the outer end of each spoke 10 and forming a continuation of said spoke is an angularly adjustable extension member 11. Hinged to the outer end of the.

extension member 11 is a member 12 the free end of which is curved as at 13. Corretransversely to correspond to the curved outer end of the member 12. It will be noted a bers 11 and 12 is so disposed as to permit i movement of the member 12 in adirection that the hinged connection between the memratentedbat; is 1914.. j

sponding mmbers912 are. connected at: their 7 I outer ends by a rail 14, said rail being curved opposite to the" rotation of the reel, while movement of the member 12 out of longitudinal alinement with the member '11 in a direction opposite to the direction of rota tion of the reel is." prevented. Projecting laterally from the members 11 and 12 are arms 15 and 16 respectively. Secured to the arms 16 is one end of a bolt 17 while the other end ofsaid boltpasses through the opening in the arml15. Y Threaded on the bolt 17 at the end thereof adjacent thearm 15 is anut 18. Surrounding the'bolt 17 is a spring 19 one end of which bears against the arm .16 while the other end thereof bears against the arm 15. This spring 19, as will be apparent, constantly tends to hold the members 11 and 12 inlongitudinal alinement. 1

During therotation of the reel the rails 14 will successively engage the sickle guards 20 and as the result the member 12 willbe moved at an angle to the member 11 to alp low the passage of the rail l l over the guards. As a result of this engagement of the rail 14 it will be apparent that the grain,

no matter how short will be efliciently moved ing of the bolt: 17 during the movement of the member-12 relatively to the member 11. It will be further notedthat by adjusting the nut 18 on the bolt 17 the member 12 may be disposed at an angle to the member 11 and the'rail14; drawn inwardly of the reel.

This adjustment of the reel 14 is quite useful where the machine isto be operated in grain of different-lengths.-

1 i What I claim is radialarms at each end, an extensionmemtion of the reel, rails "connecting the free ends of corresponding second named members, lateral arms on each of said members,

spring means carried by said arms for yieldwhereby said extension member may be ad- 10 ingly holding the second member against justed bodily in a lateral direction. movement in one direction, enlarged por- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature tions provided With a plurality of transverse in the presence of two Witnesses.

5 slots formed onthe inner end of each ex- 1 T 'tension member; and aI/plurality of bolts STANLEY CHRISTENSEN vmounted each ofsaid arms and engaged Witnesses: 'througfla respective slots in the enlarged ends N. J. OREDsoN, in the corresponding extension member ALEKKEL SORENSEN.

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